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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED LION AREA SD·NCES 422010005362
Pleasant View Elementary School
700 Delta Rd, Red Lion, PA 17356 · (717) 244-5425 · York County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
251 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 70% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Red Lion Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 40.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pleasant View Elementary School
Pleasant View Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Elementary School this school | 436 | 57.6% | 53.2% |
| Schuylkill Haven El Center Schuylkill Haven | 451 | 59.2% | 58.3% |
| Stourbridge Primary Center Honesdale | 415 | 57.3% | N/A |
| Conewago Twp Elementary School Hanover | 475 | 57.1% | 63.9% |
| S S Palmer Elementary School Palmerton | 399 | 58.6% | 46.7% |
| Lakeside Elementary School Honesdale | 419 | 56.6% | 65.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pleasant View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #783 of 1,396 | #40 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #723 of 1,511 ▲ 226 | #36 of 62 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #698 of 1,511 ▲ 176 | #33 of 62 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #737 of 1,638 | #25 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #892 of 1,528 | #34 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #947 of 1,531 | #44 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #854 of 1,600 | #25 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #613 of 1,045 | #20 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
436
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 436 | 32.5 | 13.4:1 | 58% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 31.8 | 14.4:1 | 55% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 29.8 | 15.2:1 | 49% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 42% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 28.8 | 17.0:1 | 42% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 30% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 14% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (489 to 436); teachers up 13% (28.8 to 32.5).
About Pleasant View Elementary School
Pleasant View Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 436 students in kindergarten through 6.
Pleasant View Elementary School is in Red Lion Area SD, a district with 4,546 students across 8 schools.
At Pleasant View Elementary School, White students make up 81% of the student body. It is also 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 81% White share among all York County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Pleasant View Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
The school reported 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant View Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.9%. Pleasant View Elementary School scores 53.2%.
York County census figures show that median household income is about $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Pleasant View Elementary School is among the 111 public schools in York County.
The shortest distance from Pleasant View Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Red Lion Area SHS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Pleasant View Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Pleasant View Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 436, 4% above the 421 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.5 to 13.4 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Pleasant View Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Red Lion Area SD
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Larry J. Macaluso Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Locust Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Red Lion
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Larry J. Macaluso Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Other Pleasant View Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant View Elementary. Pleasant View Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 13.
- PLEASANT VIEW ELEMENTARYMERIDIAN, ID · 747 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 621 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolYorktown, IN · 618 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryPleasant View, TN · 566 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolJOSHUA, TX · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Red Lion Area SHS0.9 mi · 1,363
- Red Lion Area Junior High School1.1 mi · 747
- Mazie Gable Elementary School1.1 mi · 481
- Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School2.8 mi · 631
- Dallastown Elementary School3.0 mi · 181
- Dallastown Area SHS3.3 mi · 2,046
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant View Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant View Elementary School?
Pleasant View Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Pleasant View Elementary School serve?
Pleasant View Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant View Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant View Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant View Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant View Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant View Elementary School in?
Pleasant View Elementary School is part of Red Lion Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.